Zoning makes housing unaffordable.
“Zoning makes housing unaffordable.”
Bad zoning makes housing unaffordable.
There really isn’t a problem in separating housing from factories.
Housing probably should be placed on top of retail and sold with the commercial space.
Having store workers live on top of their workplace would:
1. save the workers the expense of owning a car and of auto insurance
2. ensure the workers arrive at work on time
3. reduce CO2 emissions
As for residential zoning, it shouldn’t be units per acre. It probably should be by square feet per acre.
“Affordable” housing
This is just food for thought (I’m still thinking about this matter):
In Britain, Section 106 agreements that require 30% of housing units be “affordable” are generally required.
It has been said by more than one Brit that an “affordable” unit hasn’t been seen that is truly affordable by a mail carrier.
Affordable housing requirements generally don’t work well for small developments. Imagine ten houses, three of which are “affordable” by government standards.
Some people just think these “affordable” units are so bureaucrats can live like well-paid private sector folks (they exist readers, but are rare) and collect fat and massively unequal pensions on top of basically equal housing.